STAACS3: Simulation Tool for AAC with Single-Switch Scanning

Lisa Hoiry (1) , Cherifa Ben Khelil (2) , Frédéric Rayar (3, 2) , Anaïs Halftermeyer (4) , Jean-Yves Antoine (5, 4) , Mathieu Raynal (1)

1 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
2 LIFAT - Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et Appliquée de Tours
3 RFAI - Reconnaissance des formes et analyse d'images
4 LIFO - Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale d'Orléans
5 BDTLN - Bases de données et traitement des langues naturelles

Communication for people with motor impairments is a difficult, yet necessary, task in daily activities. To do so, soft keyboards, digital counterpart of physical keyboards, are used. Depending on their features, several designs can be considered, however their thoughtful evaluation in real-life is not feasible. Therefore, it becomes necessary to filter the possible configurations wisely, taking advantage of simulation tools. This paper presents STAACS3, a Simulation Tool for AAC with Single-Switch scanning, that allows to model and simulate the performance of any type of scanning keyboard regardless of its keys configuration, scanning strategy or prediction systems.

Mots clés: Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Soft keyboards; Singleswitch scanning; Simulation

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Lisa Hoiry, Cherifa Ben Khelil, Frédéric Rayar, Anaïs Halftermeyer, Jean-Yves Antoine, et al.. STAACS3: Simulation Tool for AAC with Single-Switch Scanning. 17h International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE 2023), Aug 2023, Paris, France. pp.487 - 494, ⟨10.3233/shti230666⟩. ⟨hal-04209633⟩